/cannabis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Cannabis Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:30:16 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356872?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356872 The manager of a medical marijuana collective must fork over $2 million and a 50% stake in the entity to an investor, a Los Angeles state court judge ruled, hitting the defendant, previously accused of recklessly spending the dispensary money and found liable for fraud, with another judgment. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:22:31 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2357052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2357052 A Massachusetts lawyer, whose conviction for attempting to bribe a police chief to endorse his client's retail cannabis license application had been partly reversed at the First Circuit, was re-sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison by a federal judge who said the attorney should have known better. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:24:37 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356698?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356698 Curaleaf Inc. is urging a Maryland federal court to deny conditional class certification to a class of budtenders who allege the company illegally shares tips with store leads, arguing that they haven't shown any common policy or practice among its dispensaries that warrants class treatment. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:02:19 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356475 A Washington smoke chain has agreed to end claims against several rivals it accused of trademark infringement after they allegedly engaged in unauthorized use of its name, Smoke City, so they could trade on the goodwill it had developed with customers. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:16:05 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356727?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356727 A group of pot shops agreed Monday to drop their constitutional claims alleging Grand Rapids' marijuana licensure program imposes illegal fees, a few days after a Michigan federal judge said the case belongs in her court because the pot companies' claims had federal interest. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:45:05 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356971?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356971 An Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday overturned a lower district judge's decision blocking enforcement of a new Arkansas policy restricting hemp-derived intoxicating products, delivering a blow to the hemp industry's campaign to challenge state-led efforts to rein in its wares. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:14:24 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356960 The campaign behind a successful effort to decriminalize and regulate medical marijuana in Nebraska is urging the state's highest court not to revive a legal challenge backed by state officials seeking to void the voter-approved legalization policies. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:46:39 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356333?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356333 Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:34:16 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356591?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356591 A California appeals court has upheld a $400,000 wage-and-hour settlement between a cannabis delivery driver and The Highest Craft LLC, finding that a dispatcher whose claims are also covered under the settlement failed to show the deal was unfair or insufficiently investigated. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 23:50:10 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356365?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356365 The Senate parliamentarian has given a thumbs-down to a Republican budget proposal that would allow President Donald Trump to unilaterally eliminate agencies through mergers and consolidation, adding to what experts say are a host of problems with the little-noticed provision. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:55:42 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356445 Samsung Electronics America Inc. is back on the hook for a $10 million default judgment won by a Georgia man who alleged one of its batteries exploded in his e-cigarette, after a state appellate panel said Monday a trial court wrongly found the suit should have been filed in a different county. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:38:10 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356124?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356124 The former CEO of a cannabis-infused water company and a stockholder must face all claims made in a federal indictment accusing them of artificially inflating company shares so they could sell them for a profit, an Ohio federal judge ruled, saying the government has properly alleged a single conspiracy. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:17:50 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356504?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356504 The Federal Reserve Board on Monday became the latest regulator to announce that it will no longer consider reputational risk in its examination programs for the supervision of banks. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:01:59 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2346687?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2346687 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill that would have banned hemp-derived THC products, rebuking one of his lieutenant governor's policy priorities and delivering a win to the Lone Star State's hemp industry. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:49:42 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356450?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356450 A cannabis retailer with a location on Massachusetts' North Shore is asking for a refund of $2.3 million in so-called community impact and other fees it has paid since 2019, the latest dispensary to make such a request since the fees were rescinded by state lawmakers in 2023. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:09:06 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356324?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356324 An attorney convicted of federal crimes after serving as a "consigliere" to a drug trafficking ring has been denied reinstatement to the Pennsylvania bar, with the state's Supreme Court siding with a disciplinary board report that flagged "his efforts to downplay his misconduct." Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:10:16 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2351799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2351799 In light of various federal circuit court decisions and an executive order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy now may be on the verge of changing decidedly in favor of marijuana users' gun rights, and could foreshadow additional marijuana-friendly reforms, says Jacob Raver at Dentons. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:38:13 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353396?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353396 District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:12:57 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2356206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2356206 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a former Louisiana prisoner's case for damages after guards forcibly shaved his head, removing the dreadlocks he maintained as part of his Rastafarian religion.